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Examples: • Prescription goggles for a young vision impaired child. • Reader/scanner for a gentleman to enable him to read his own post and other printed documents. • Funding which enabled a local group to take its members on a trip. Other local blind societies providing grants include: Pembrokeshire Society for the Blind Contact: Janet Evans (Secretary) 1 Driftwood Close, Walton Road, Broad Haven, Haverfordwest, SA62 3JX Tel: 01437 781419 Ceredigion Association for the Blind Contact: Mr Andre Morgan, Pentraeth, Llannon, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. SY23 5HS. E-mail: andre.morgan@btinternet.com The Ceredigion Association for the Blind considers requests for individual grants in cases of need. Those eligible for grant aid are people of any age who have: • serious and uncorrectable visual impairments; and • been referred to the Association by a Rehabilitation Officer for the Vision Impaired employed by Ceredigion Social Services. Applications must be in writing, either by the applicant or on behalf of the applicant. Rotary and Lions Clubs These organisations make grants, please contact your local club for more information.